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Table XV. Hindu Theogony. 



1. The Infinite Almighty Creator, of the Vedas, BRAHM. 



The Hindu Trinity, or Trimurti ; Brahma', Vishnu, Siva. 



fSaraswatf, Lakslimi, PArvatf, 



Their consorts, ■< Sakti, or Padma, or Bhawani, or 



(_ Maya, Sri, Durga. 



Their attributes, Creator, Preserver, Destroyer. 



Their attendant vahan or vehicle, hansa, a goose, garuda, bird, nandi, bull. 



Their symbols, time, water, fire. 



Their stations, Meru, the Sun, Jupiter. 



Their common titles, . . A U M. Parameswara, Narayana, Mahddeva. 



Figure under which they are J . n \Sdligram, the .ling am, 



worshipped, i mentall y' \ m f. 9 " nder .*■ 



rr L J avataras, million epithets. 



Analogues in Western Mythology, Saturn, Jupiter, Jupiter. 



2. Other members of the Hindu Pantheon, and their supposed analogues in 



western mythology, according to Sir Wm. Jones. 



Sareswati, Minerva, patroness of learning, Durga', ..Juno. 



Ganes'a, Janus, god of wisdom. [&c. Na'reda, . . Mercury, music. 



Indra, Jupiter, god of firmament. Krishna, ..Apollo. 



Varuna, Neptune, god of water. Bhawa'ni', .. Venus. 



Prithivi, Cybele, goddess of earth. Ka'li' or K 



Viswakarma, Vulcan, architect of gods. Durga', J rroser P"»c. 



Ka'rtikeya, 1 M , e Agni, .. .. Vulcan, fire. 



c >■ Mars, eod of war. c, , . TT . '„ . " . 



or Skanda, J ' 8 Swa'ha', . . Vesta, (his wife.) 



Ka'ma, Cupid, god of love. Aswini- T n „ _, „ 



Surya, or Sol, the Sun. kuma'ra, J Castor & PolIux ' 



Arka, Mithra, the same. Aruna, .. ..Aurora. 



Hanuma'n, son! t> ,, , , Atavi devi,. . Diana. 



„e t> r Pan, the monkey god. ' _. . ' , 



of Pavana, / ' f 8 Kuve'ra i Plutus ' & od of 



Ra'ma, Bacchus, god of wine. ' \ riches. 



Yama, Pluto or Minos. Ganga', . . the river Ganges. 



Heracula, Hercules. Va'yu, . .JSolus. 



Aswiculapa, vEsculapius? (genii) Sri',.. ..Ceres. 



Vaitarini, The river Styx. Anna purna, Anna Perenna. 



3. The ten Brahma'dicas, children of Brahmh, or Praja'patis, lords of 



created beings. 



1 Marichi, morality. 6 Kritu, piety. 



2 Atri, deceit. 7 Daksha, ingenuity. 



3 Angirasa, charity. 8 Vasishtha, emulation. 



4 Pulastya, patience. 9 Bhrigu, humility. 



5 Pulaha, pride. 10 Narada, reason. 



4. The seven Menus, of the 5. The seven Ri'shis, sprung 



present creation. direct from Brahma. 



1 Swayambhuva, Adam? 4006 B. C. 1 Kasyapa, Muni. 



2 Swarochesha, 2 Atri, .. Muni. 



3 Uttama, 3 Vasishtha. 



4 Tamasa, Chaos, Thaumaz of Egypt ? 4 Visvamitra. 



5 Raivata, 5 Gautama. 



6 Chakshusha, 6 Jamadagni. 



7 Vaivaswata, or "1 Noah ? 295Q B c 7 Bharadwaja. 



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